What is Gretchen Ahrendt's specialty?

Gretchen Ahrendt (NPI 1396802500) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Aurora, CO.

Where does Gretchen Ahrendt practice?

Gretchen Ahrendt practices in Aurora, CO, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1396802500.

How much does Medicare pay Gretchen Ahrendt?

Gretchen Ahrendt (NPI 1396802500) received approximately $21K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 35 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1396802500

Gretchen AhrendtMD

PRACTICEJAVIER WAKSMAN MD,PC.See all providers at this practice →

General SurgeryAurora, COI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$8K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 389 General Surgery providers in CO — bottom quintile (cohort median 212).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$431

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$431

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$431

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Gretchen Ahrendt's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 1 inbound referrers · 6 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UPMC PASSAVANT	16	75

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
UPMC MAGEE-WOMENS HOSPITAL	64	349
Terri Gizienski Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	26	139
UPMC MAGEE-WOMENS HOSPITAL	19	75
UPMC PASSAVANT	17	72
UPMC PASSAVANT	14	79
Dilip Shinde Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	12	44

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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